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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr Julius Migos Ogamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. In part one of the Question, thus far, a sum of Ksh13,265,471 has been disbursed to schools in Githunguri Constituency as capitation under the Free Primary Education Programme. The total amount of capitation per primary school in Githunguri Constituency for the Financial Year 2024/2025 is stipulated in the table attached in the Report. The number of schools is 53. The numbers of students vary. For example, in A.K. Magugu Primary School, in term one, there were 266 students. In term two, there were 283 students and in term three, there were 266 students. I have provided that table and it will take too long to go through it. That is also the position for high schools. We have 38 secondary schools which will require over Ksh13 million. Regarding the criteria that is used, I would like to begin by clarifying that no learners have been suspended from NEMIS. In any case, NEMIS was introduced to act as a source of reliable, real-time educational data. The data uploaded is then used in making important policy decisions, including the allocation of capitation to learners. It is a requirement that details of all learners who are enrolled in both public and private institutions be uploaded on NEMIS. In order to ensure the integrity of the data on NEMIS, the learners’ birth certificate numbers are uploaded on the system, so that each learner has a unique identifier. That ensures that there are no fictitious learners in the system. However, since some parents are unable to promptly provide the birth certificates for their children, the Ministry uses the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) assessment numbers for learners in Grades 3, 4, 5, and 6 to upload their details in the system. However, the requirement for birth certificates is still retained for learners in Grades 1 and 2. Hon. Temporary Speaker, learners whose details have been uploaded on NEMIS without a unique identifier are not considered for capitation since their existence cannot be verified. To ensure that eligible learners are funded, the Ministry: 1. regularly requires their headteachers to upload full learners’ details on NEMIS; 2. identifies all learners whose full details have not been uploaded so as to alert the headteachers so that they can upload the details; and, 3. hold regular sensitisation meetings, both physical and online, with county directors of education to equip them with skills for supervising the uploading of data on National Educational Management Information System (NEMIS) by the schools in their areas of jurisdiction. In part 3 of the Question, Hon. Temporary Speaker, as I have already stated, the Ministry does not suspend learners from NEMIS. What happens is that the learners whose full details are not provided on NEMIS are highlighted in the system to signal to the headteachers and county directors of education to provide the requisite information. In part 4 of the Question, the number of basic education learners registered on NEMIS as of 5. 20 p.m. on 8th April 2025 stood at 6,774,565. In part 5 of the Question, to ensure smooth NEMIS operations and seamless provision of capitation, the Ministry takes the following measures: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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